Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts was very, very uncomfortable when President Obama criticized the Citizens United case during the State of the Union speech in January. But it’s not because Obama is black!! It’s because the State of the Union has “degenerated into a political pep rally” and it’s just Not Fair [...]
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Tags: Antonin Scalia·cheerleader·Citizens United·Clarence Thomas·Edward Fortyhands·George Bush·John Roberts·justices·metaphors·pep rally·President Obama·race·State of the Union·Supreme Court·U.S. Constitution
Two weeks ago, a scheduled debate between Bill Clinton and George W. Bush was cancelled because the former presidents didn’t like the way it was being promoted. While I would have been interesting in seeing such a debate, Clinton-Bush is the past in the battle between liberals and conservatives. I’m more interested in the future. [...]
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Tags: Bill Clinton·death match·George Bush·Jonathan Krohn·Will Phillips
If you’re ever looking for something to do on a lazy Tuesday afternoon, I recommend printing the words “Dick Cheney” in approximately the same font and size as the just-released CIA report from 2004, then cutting them out and seeing how many of the redacted black-boxes in the 109-page report they seem to fit in. [...]
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Tags: ACLU·CIA·Dick Cheney·enhanced interrogation techniques·games·George Bush·redacted·torture·waterboarding
The latest news in immigration circles is that immigration enforcement keeps up under the Obama administration much as it did under Bush, only more efficiently. (I suppose the new administration does not struggle as much as the old over how to appear tough on immigration enforcement while still ensuring a shadow class of underpaid [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·comprehensive immigration reform·detention centers·George Bush·Immigration·immigration enforcement
As a lifelong Pirates fan, I think I kind of understand what it must be like to be a post-George Bush Republican. While the Republicans four year electoral losing streak pales in comparison to the 16 (soon to be 17) straight losing seasons of the Pirates, there are similarities: incompetent leadership, the loss [...]
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Tags: Aramis Ramirez·Barack Obama·baseball·Cam Bonifay·George Bush·Michael Steele·Mitt Romney·Pittsburgh Pirates·Politics·Republicans·Sarah Palin
Frank Rich had a fantastic column in the NY Times over the weekend about President Obama’s inaction on gay rights (hat tip to Emily Posts). It reminded me of Bill Maher’s recent exhortation to Obama to be more like Bush in terms of plowing ahead with his agenda and not caring what anyone thinks [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Maher·bipartisanship·Frank Rich·gay rights·George Bush
On Meet the Press, Morning Joe Scarborough claimed the reason that Republicans are so unpopular right now is because of the reckless spending of the Bush years. He then noted that President Obama thus far is spending at twice the rate Bush did and warned that if this continues, Obama and the Democrats are [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·gambling·George Bush·McDonald's·Morning Joe·steak
